“My heart had melted into something akin to a sensation of happiness, peace of mind one might even say, at the realization that I had now reached the very bottom of agony.” PeaceSadnessAgonyDazai OsamuThe Setting SunShayou Book:斜陽 [Shayou] Source: 斜陽 [Shayou]
“Why is physical love bad and spiritual love good? I don't understand. I can't help feeling that they are the same. I would like to boast that I am she who could destroy her body and soul in Gehenna for the sake of a love, for the sake of a passion she could not understand, or for the sake of the sorrow they engendered.” PostwarPacific WarOsamu DazaiThe Setting Sun Book:The Setting Sun Source: The Setting Sun